European tech weekly recap: €1.5B in funding and Q3 2026 highlights
European tech weekly recap: €1.5B in funding and Q3 2026 highlights

Last week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €1.5 billion and over 4 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.📊 According to our Q3 2026 Report,…

Video: Inside The Forbes Optimist 250 List

Maggie McGrath talks to Forbes Senior Editor Alex Knapp about the recently launched Forbes Optimist 250 list.

This Startup Wants You To Recharge Your AC With Cheap Carbon Dioxide

A flight recorder for wayward AI systems. The space industry’s record investments. AI spending warnings. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.

Homeowner Complaints Against Mortgage Servicers Surge After Trump Gutted Agency

Amid high mortgage rates and persistent inflation, beleaguered homeowners are seeing simple accounting errors go unfixed, leaving them to fight for their homes with little help from the CFPB.

Inside OpenAI’s Plan To Protect The Internet Before Hackers Break It

Using the latest GPT model, cyber researchers in OpenAI’s Project Daybreak community found one of the most critical internet bugs in recent memory. It’s part of an all-out sprint to secure the web before hackers can deploy similar tools to wreak havoc …

The Woolly Mammoth Billionaire’s New Startup Is Genetically Engineering War Dogs For The Military

Ben Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.

Elizabeth Holmes’ Partner’s Blood Testing Startup Has Lost Its CTO

Billy Evans is inspiring lots of chatter for his role in the Nathan Fielder’s new Elizabeth Holmes doc—and his venture into the business that made Theranos infamous.

Watch Elizabeth Holmes Lie To Forbes About Theranos

Holmes says in Nathan Fielder’s documentary on her that she doesn’t ever recall lying. Forbes went back to the archives to fact-check that claim and it doesn’t hold up.

When Elizabeth Holmes Lied To Forbes About Theranos

Holmes says in Nathan Fielder’s documentary on her that she doesn’t ever recall lying. Forbes went back to the archives to fact-check that claim and it doesn’t hold up.